Hey guys! Sorry for not updating since *checks updates* May...? I don't know if you guys realized, but summertime is when I'm most busy. It's been a pain to write and I've had this massive writer's block. It still hasn't gone away, but I'm trying. Anyway the party scene will be in the next chapter. I'm sorry I couldn't put it into this one, but like I said, I've been busy and I've had a giant writer's block. Anyway I hope this chapter will sooth your guys woes and prove I'm not dead. Enjoy!
Kisara was lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling with a million dresses on her and her bed. "Kisara. Pick. A. Fricken. Dress." Vivian growled, her eyes red in anger
The white-haired girl lethargically turned her head. "I did. You just shot them all down." Kisara said
"They all had something wrong! It's either it was too loose, wrong shade of blue, didn't hug your curves enough, too Nekoette-like, or too ugly!" Vivian listed
"It's your fault, nevertheless." Kisara sighed monotonously
"Vivy, you are judging to hard. Just let her pick out a dress and be done with it. We have two days left." Juniper said with a frown
"I don't care! It needs to be perfect." Vivian said
"Make her a custom dress." Anzu said, placing another pile of dresses on the bed with Kisara, "By the way, where did you even get all these dresses from?"
"Most of them are Vivian's. She had some in her closet and shipped the rest here." Kisara explained
"Anzu dear, to make a custom dress means I have to work. I don't want to work. Besides, Kisara has no idea what she wants in a dress." Vivian snorted
"Actually..." Kisara started, sitting up, "I do have an idea."
Juniper pulled out her sketchpad. "Ready." the red-head said with a nod
"It needs to be short, ending about here on my thighs. Um, preferably with no straps. It needs to be tight at the top but not tight enough to kill me. Also have the chest low. Can I get a train with it, too?" Kisara said
"How specific. When did you think this up." Vivian asked, narrowing her eyes at Kisara
"I dunno. Off the top of my head, I guess!" Kisara said, giggling nervously
"Vivian and I will start working on it immediately. Or as soon as I finish with the designs." Juniper said
"Thanks so much, Juniper!" Kisara said, giving Juniper a big hug
Juniper smiled and used her free hand to give Kisara a side-hug
"Group hug!" Anzu shouted, pulling Vivian into the hug as well. The girls giggled. "Okay, now that I have to work, you guys need to go." Vivian said, pushing Anzu and Kisara out the door
"Hey!" Kisara said while Anzu stuck out her tongue at the Asian. The door slammed shut behind the two. "Could you at least not do it in my room?" Kisara said, pouting slightly
Anzu laughed. "Since we have the rest of the day, want to head to the water park?" Anzu asked
Kisara flinched. "Um, is there deep pools?" she asked
"Yep! I've been there several times." Anzu said
"I dunno. My hair is pretty long... it would take forever to dry." Kisara said, looking away from her friend
"What's wrong, Kisa? Afraid to get wet?" Anzu teased
"No!" Kisara said, vehemently shaking her head
"Can't swim?" Anzu asked
"I can." was the reply
"Then I see no problem with it! Let's go to the water park!" the brunette cheered, dashing out of the apartment; arms linked with Kisara's.
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"Yahoo!" Jonouchi shouted, sliding down one of the biggest slides there.
The blonde landed in the pool below with a grand splash. "Did ya see that, Honda?" he grinned, shaking out his hair
"That was pretty good, Jonouchi, but it can't beat this!" and with that the brunette slid down the slide head first and whooshed into the air. For a moment he floated, undisturbed by gravity; arms out and in a pose like Peter Pan. Then, he started falling. With tremendous flourish, Honda twirled into several aerial somersaults before diving into the water; barely disturbing it. "Bravo!" his friends cheered while Jonouchi grumbled about how boring it was.
"What about you, Kisara? Aren't you gonna go down the slid?" Yugi asked. Kisara was sitting with her feet in the pool and Yugi was submerged in the water beside her. "No, Yugi-kun. I don't feel like it." Kisara said with a weak smile
The tri-colored boy looked at Kisara with concerned eyes. The girl twitched under his gaze. Even though Yugi was an adorable panda cinnamon-roll, his gaze seemed to look deep into her soul, past the image she put up and staring at the insecure small girl she was on the inside. For a moment, his purple eyes flashed crimson and seemed more leaner and full of intuitive wisdom. The boy sighed. "Whatever reason you don't want to go in the water is a valid reason." he said
"Couldn't it be I just don't want to go into the water?" Kisara said, kicking her feet slowly
"No, because then you wouldn't even have your feet in it." he giggled
Kisara pouted. "Mean panda-kun." she muttered
The boy laughed good-naturedly. "You don't have to stay and keep me company, Yugi-kun." Kisara said
"It's fine, really." he said
"I can't help but feel I'm taking away your fun." she sighed
"Your not! I'm staying because I want to stay, it's okay." he assured. She shook her head and leaned back. The sun felt nice, but she didn't really want a tan. "I'm going to go in the shade. You can get your Egyptian tan." Kisara said, pulling her legs out of the water
"H-Hai. Bye, Kisara-chan!" Yugi said, waving to her.
'Man, he's so fricken adorable.' she thought as she dropped into her seat. Jonouchi and Honda were splash-fighting another group in the pool while Anzu was swimming with two other girls. Despite what Kisara expected, Yugi was still sitting at the edge of the pool. 'Guess he really wanted to stay.' she thought, tilting her head back with a yawn. When she tilted her head back the sun shone brightly into her eyes. 'That was a mistake!' she thought with a yelp.
Kisara rubbed her blinded eyes and gazed back at the pool. She gasped. Beside Yugi was, another Yugi?! The other Yugi had more edgier blonde streaks, had a tan, and was slightly taller. He was sitting where Kisara was. The second Yugi turned his head slightly and looked at Kisara. His crimson eyes narrowed slightly.
"Kisara..." he said
The white-haired girl flinched. His voice was deep, edgy, and did he just say her name?! He smiled. 'Maybe I spent too much time in the sun.' she thought, rubbing her eyes.
"Take care of my cousin."
When Kisara stopped rubbing her eyes, he was gone. She squinted at the spot. Yugi, the real one, turned and had a sheepish and guilty look. She frowned as Yugi mouthed an apology. 'Why would he apologize?' she thought, reclining once more only to be blinded again.
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"How was the water park?" Ichikiwa asked, tossing the Kisara a towel. Ichikiwa and Okawa were sitting on the couch in the sitting room when Kisara came back from the water park. It wasn't too late, as the sun had set not to long ago.
"Fine." Kisara sighed, rubbing her hair vigorously with the towel
"I mean, did you swim?" Ichikiwa asked
"No." Kisara spat, storming off to her room
"What's up with her?" Okawa asked. The purple haired boy shrugged. "Got no idea." he said. Moments later Kisara came stomping back into the room. "THEY ARE STILL IN MY ROOM!" she shouted
"Heh heh. It's alright, Kisa. Why don't you go over to the Kaiba Mansion, then?" Ichikiwa said. Kisara grumbled something but went to the front door to put her shoes on. "I'm taking your overcoat." she said
"Remember to bring it back!" Ichikiwa shouted after
"She can't swim?" Okawa asked
"She can, but hates the water. Bad memories." Ichikiwa said, looking glum
"Oh, well, want to watch that show Vivian was raving about?" Okawa asked, trying to get rid of the dreary atmosphere her question caused
"Sure, why not!" Ichikiwa said
"I'll make the popcorn!" Okawa said, suddenly in the kitchen
"NO! YOU'LL BURN THE KITCHEN DOWN!" Ichikiwa shouted, leaping over the couch
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Kozato was fortunately able to bring the white-haired girl to her destination. "Thanks Kozato!" Kisara said, waving at the boy
"It's no problem. Also if you see Naomi-chan, could you tell her I'm here to pick her up?" Kozato asked
"Aw, here to pick up your girlfriend?" Kisara teased. Kozato's face flushed and he mumbled something under his breath. "If I see her, I'll tell her." Kisara promised, entering the mansion. Surprisingly a lot of the maids were running about. Kisara waited in the entrance hall until she saw Naomi's spiky dark brown hair. Ran Naomi was one of the most hard-working girls at the Kaiba mansion. She was trying her hardest to be the top dog there. Naomi was short but tough. She had shoulder length dark brown hair that she normally had in a ponytail to stay out of her face. She had grayish green eyes.
"Naomi-chan!" Kisara said, waving. The dark skinned girl whipped her head around. "Oh, hey Kisara-chan! Wassup?" Naomi asked
"Nothing much. Vivian and Juniper-chan are using my room as their workshop so I'm staying over here. By the way, your boyfriend is looking for you." Kisara said
Another maid, Sakane-Shojen Azami (who was Naomi's best friend), stopped right beside the two girls. "Eh? Eiichi-kun, huh?" Azami giggled. Azami had short gray hair in a bob cut with wild, vibrant gray eyes.
"S-Shut up! Get back to work!" Naomi snapped. Azami laughed. "You sound like Rye-san." Azami said before running off into another room. Hashi Rye was the head woman; she was harsh and brutal, as she survived through Gozaburo. Naomi rolled her eyes. "I love Azami sometimes, but she's so annoying sometimes." Naomi said
"Aren't we all? Anyway what's going on?" Kisara asked
"Well Azami and I were playing with Noah and Mokuba in the living room and I think a cat got in here because Mokuba left a window wide open next to a tree. I didn't see anything but I heard some other girl said she saw it. Gray, tabby, the smartest cat she'd ever seen." Naomi explained
"Ouch."
"Yeah, Kaiba-san is not going to be happy so we're trying to get rid of it. Is he allergic?"
"I don't know." Kisara said
"Oh well. I'm going to set out some cat food and hopefully we'll find it. Azami, Shawna, Vanessa, and I are going to stay back and see if we can find it before Kaiba-san comes back." Naomi sighed
"Oh, want me to go tell Kozato-kun?" Kisara asked
"Nah, I'll have on of the girls going out do it." Naomi said. Sure enough, the rest of the maids were filing out. "Good luck, Naomi-chan." one of them said. Naomi tapped the girl on the shoulder before she passed. "Hey, could you tell Kozato that I won't be out as yet. I'll probably have to stay the night." Naomi said
"Hehehe." the girl giggled "I'll tell your boyfriend."
Naomi blushed. "Why do you guys keep on thinking he's my boyfriend!" Naomi squeaked
"We all know it, Naomi-chan. He says it himself, too. You're the only one in denial." Kisara laughed
Naomi stepped on Kisara's foot and stormed off. "Ow... you didn't have to do that..." the white haired girl whined, hopping on one foot dramatically after her friend.
Kisara found Naomi in the sitting room with Noah, Shawna, Vanessa, Azami, and Mokuba. "Hey Kisa-chan!" Shawna and Vanessa said
Shawna and Vanessa were twins. They both had brown eyes and black hair in two ponytails held by two brown bows. The only way to tell them apart was by the voice difference, where Vanessa's voice was a bit higher, or their bangs. Shawna had white bangs and Vanessa had gray bangs. The twins were the youngest girls who worked there, being the same age as Kisara.
"What kind of cat is it?" Kisara asked
"I have no idea! All I know is that Seto doesn't like animals! I mean he likes animals but not in the house." Mokuba rambled
"Cause he's a prick." Noah sniffed
"Oy!" everyone scolded the green haired boy. Noah huffed and tossed his short hair.
"The cat was gray with dark gray stripes and green eyes!" Vanessa piped up, "I don't know what type of cat it was though..."
"Did you see it too?" Naomi asked Shawna
"No..." Shawna sighed
"But you two are joined at the hip!" Azami shouted
"I was searching the other room across the hall and I guess Vanessa finished searching faster than I did!" Shawna said
"Whatever. What is important is for us to find that cat before he gets back! Mokuba you'll go with Noah and search the lower floor. Shawna and Vanessa will take the west side, and Kisara, Azami, and I will take the east side." Naomi said
"Hai!" the search parties said before departing
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"So..." Naomi said
"So..." Azami echoed
"So what?" Kisara asked, looking dubious
"So... how are you feeling about the party?" Naomi asked
"Facing off against your evil arch-nemesis who is as pretty as she is horrid." Azami said
"Um, I really don't want to go..." Kisara sighed
"WHAT?!" both girls exclaimed
"Why not?" Naomi asked, "Scared for the ultimate battle for your bae?"
"Well," Kisara started, opening a door, "I don't really like Nekoette and I'm already nervous for the party Schroeder-san is hosting. I don't think it's good for my nerves."
"I can see why you'd be nervous about both of those guys..." Naomi frowned
"I know! Schroeder-sama is creepy! One time I went with Kaiba-sama to the Kaiba Corp to greet him and when Kaiba-sama's back was turned he kept on flirting with me! He was ugly but I love men with accents." Azami sighed
"Accents?" Kisara said
"I fall easily for them. If Kaiba-sama had an accent I think I would've been dead by now." Azami grinned
Kisara tried to imagine that. "Eh, can't see it happening." the white haired girl shrugged
"It's okay. Leave Azami to her crazy fetishes." Naomi grinned, nudging Kisara with her elbow
Azami stuck her tongue out at her friends. "Shut up!" she said good-naturedly
"Anyway, enough chit-chat!" Naomi said with a clap, "We have to search."
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The three girls had searched through all the rooms with open doors and hadn't found even a hairball. They were nearing Seto's room when Kisara asked the most important question.
"Shouldn't Seto be home by now?" she asked as they exited a room
"Wait," Naomi said, checking her watch, "OH MY GOSH YOU"RE RIGHT!" she screamed
"We need to check his room and see if he's there." Azami said, taking off quickly. Kisara and Naomi followed their gray haired friend. Azami stopped outside of Seto's room. Naomi and Azami turned to Kisara. "What?!" the girl squeaked
"He likes you. If you open the door you won't get in trouble." Naomi said while Azami nodded in agreement
Kisara frowned but still knocked. There was no reply so she slowly cracked the door open. Naomi quickly stuck her head underneath Kisara's and Azami stood on her toes to peek above Kisara's head. All three of the girls nearly bit back a cry when they opened the door. Seto was inside. He was at his desk with his laptop on, but what worried them the most was that there was a gray cat on his lap that he was petting. "THE CAT!"
All three girls tumbled into the room in surprise. Seto and the cat both turned their heads to look at the group of intruders. Kisara turned her head behind her. Mokuba was the one who had shouted. Beside the black haired boy, was Noah, who was texting someone on his phone. "The twins went home, by the way. Something about it being too late." Noah said. The green haired boy raised his head to see his older brother. "Oh. He's home." Noah said, lowering his head back to his phone.
"Um..." Kisara said, turning her head back to the brunette. She couldn't tell if he was amused or annoyed. "It's not what it looks like?" she offered lamely
"What are you doing petting a cat? In the house? I thought you hated animals in here?" Mokuba asked, jumping over the three girls and towards his brother
"I never said I hated animals in the house." Seto said with an eye roll, "I said you can't get a pet."
"But WHY?!" Mokuba whined
"Because no one is ever here to take care of it?" Seto said
"Kisara is here!" Mokuba said, pulling the girl up
"ʷᵘᵗ?" Kisara said
"Roland always has her taking care of Mika so it's perfect! She'll be over often enough to give a dog enough attention." Mokuba said, his eyes shining
"I want a dog." Noah said, putting his phone away
The cat that was on Seto's lap leaped to the floor. Standing between the brunette and the others, it hissed at them. "You're offending the cat." Naomi whispered, getting off of the floor slowly
"Anyway, who's cat is it?" Mokuba asked, crouching to calm the angry feline
"You don't remember? She used to come over all the time." Seto said
"Um, no?" Mokuba replied
"Who is this girl we are talking about?" Azami piped
"I don't remember a girl coming over with a cat." Naomi frowned
"Rye-san would remember her." Seto said
Kisara tapped her chin thoughtfully. Rye was the only person Kisara knew that Seto used honorifics with. She supposed it was because Rye had been through Gozaburo, but then again, so had Nishioka.
"What's her name?" Azami asked, crouching next to Mokuba.
The black haired boy lowered his head to look at the golden name-tag that was attached to a green collar around the cat's neck. "Praline." Mokuba said
"Do you think you could find a girl with a cat named Praline?" Kisara asked Noah
"Definitely not! I refuse to waste my time looking for a girl Seto could simply tell you about right now!" Noah huffed
Everyone in the room turned to the teen CEO. He shrugged in reply. "I refuse."
"W-W-Well I refuse your refusal!" Mokuba exclaimed, jumping up from his seat on the floor
"To bad. You've met her plenty of times. It's up to you to remember her, Mokuba." Seto said, turning his attention back to his laptop.
Hearing him say that, the others knew that the conversation was closed and if they didn't want to be yelled at then they should remove themselves. "Come on, Praline-tan." Azami cooed, opening her arms to hold the cat.
As they left the room, Kisara looked dubiously at Seto before she closed the door. "NANI?! Kami! It's late!" Naomi screeched, looking at her watch, "Kozato is probably mad at me for staying out so late..."
"Ne, didn't you have one of the girls tell Eiichi-kun that you were going to stay back?" Azami said
"Oh wait, you're right..." Naomi blushed
"What about your parents?" Mokuba asked.
Despite them being responsible (or semi-responsible) adults, Azami and Naomi still lived with their parents. Naomi was twenty-four (Kozato is twenty-five). "My parents are out of the country at the moment." Naomi said
"Ne... I'll have to tell them I'll come home late. Sera-chan will probably be mad with me, though." Azami sighed
"Oh wait! I have to take care of Tsutsumi-chan! She's barely eighteen!" Naomi squeaked
"Just tell her to stay over with my parents. She'll be fine." Azami shrugged
Naomi pouted and took out her phone. "By the way, Kisa-chan, where are you going to sleep?" Azami asked
"What do you mean? I'm staying here? Vivian and Juniper are in my room..." Kisara said
"No. I mean when you come over you sleep..." Azami said, gesturing in the direction of the room they had just left
"T-That's not true! I do sleep in other rooms, in fact! Tell them, Mokuba." Kisara blushed
The black haired boy turned his attention away from the game Noah was playing on his phone. "She's right, actually. Kisara has been sleeping in the room adjacent to Noah's." he said
Kisara smiled in pride. Azami pouted. The gray haired girl opened her mouth but Naomi cut her off. "I told your parents and they said it was fine." Naomi interrupted
"Yes!" Azami said, jumping in the air
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Since their objective was complete, and it was quite late, the merry little group disbanded. Mokuba took Praline into his room because the cat seemed to like him best. It was quite reasonable because according to Seto's word, Mokuba should know the cat and her owner.
Despite what Kisara thought, Naomi and Azami actually stayed over at the mansion more often than she thought. The two girls shared a room down the east hall, instead of where Mokuba and Noah slept, which was right on the edge of the west hall. "Well, this is goodnight." Naomi said, giving Kisara a tight hug
"Aw, your killing me." Kisara said, trying to keep a steady breathing pace
"At least she's killing you with love~" Azami giggled, joining in on the hug.
Being the adorable cinnamon-roll he is, Mokuba jumped into the hug and pulled Noah with him. "Goodnight!" Azami and Naomi said when they pulled away.
The remaining three children bid each other goodnight before going into their respective rooms.
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'Tomorrow is Nekoette's party.' Kisara thought ruefully, playing with the edge of her sheets. The white haired girl hadn't been awake very long, and by the a little light shone into the room from the blinds, she knew it was still early. 'Maybe I could feign sickness, but then Nekoette would hog Seto up.' she thought
All of her ideas of getting out of going to the party were shot down by her inner thoughts. "You know, I'm just going to have to convince Seto to let me miss the party." she said with determination, getting up.
Kisara opened the door of her room to be greeted by a cold, empty hall. "Was the air conditioner on all night?" she said out loud, walking down the hall to her boss.
She took a quick detour to stop by the Minato Grounds painting, before heading back on her original route.
'Should I knock?' she wondered, looking at the door as she neared it. Surprisingly, before she got there Seto opened the door and came out. "G-Good morning!" she twittered, nervous because she hadn't fully planned her confrontation
"Hey, Kisa." Seto said. The brunette was fully clothed, except for his jacket which he was just about to put on. Kisara quickly snatched his jacket and pulled it over her shoulders. 'How do these straps stay on?' she pondered
"Oy!" he snapped
"I'm cold!" she replied, walking down the hall
"Well look at what you're wearing." he huffed, pulling a part of the jacket open.
The white-haired girl was wearing an over-sized shirt and probably nothing underneath. When the realization hit the girl, her face turned a ruby red. "I-I-I... SHUT UP!" she squeaked, pulling the jacket closed.
Seto looked on in amusement. He was definitely taller then Kisara, so the jacket completely dwarfed her, making her petite frame look even smaller. "Why'd you come all the way down here anyway?" Seto asked the girl
"Oh! Right. Um, do... do I really need to go to Nekoette's party?" Kisara stuttered. She had completely forgotten her true purpose for coming and she had forgotten what she was originally going to say. "I mean, it isn't a formal one so I don't really need to go." she said, deciding to wing-it, "You could always just say, 'Oh yeah, Kisara doesn't need to go to the girl that hates her most's party. It's a terrible idea so I won't do that to her'."
"No."
"Ne?! Why Seto!" she whined
"If I have to suffer, you have to suffer." he said
The white-haired girl gasped. "How dare you! Ever heard of chivalry? The next time Nishioka-san comes to scold you I'm not going to bail your butt out of trouble." she scowled
"As if that'll ever happen." the brunette snorted
"It will. Karma~" Kisara sang
"Yeah, yeah. If it bothers you this much, why don't you just go to school today." he said
"Really?!" Kisara asked
"A change of scenery might help your nerves. Think of it as a compromise." Seto smirked
"Yay!" she said, dashing off to her room
"My jacket!" he snapped
"Sorry~" she giggled, running back. She tossed the jacket at his face with a laugh, then ran to her room while holding down the shirt.
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Kisara unfortunately didn't have a school uniform at the moment, but she did find one in the room with girls clothing. It perturbed her to who the clothes belonged to, but she was certain it couldn't be anyone bad. After all, Nishioka was the one who showed her the place. Halfway down the gran staircase, Kisara realized she forgot her phone in the bedroom she was sleeping in. "Whoops! Wouldn't want to forget that." she said, dashing back up the stairs.
In her rush when she emerged from the room, she almost ran into a half-awake Noah. "Sorry Noah!" she apologized
"It's fine." he yawned, rubbing an eye
"Hey, do you have a choker that'll match my outfit?" Kisara asked.
Noah looked at Kisara, blinking a few times to focus his gaze. Kisara wore a white shirt underneath a pink blazer and a short, ruffled navy skirt and a blue bow on the white shirt's neckline. "Um, I think I have something." the green haired boy said, going back into his room. He came back out with a pink choker that had a small pink heart a shade darker centered on it. "Pink?" Kisara asked incredulously
"I think it'll go best with your outfit." Noah shrugged, handing it to her
"Can you put it on for me? Also why do you have a pink choker in the first place?" she asked, handing back the item and crouching
"There was a dark green one I wanted but it was only in a three pack." he explained, quickly placing it around her neck
"Don't you hate three packs sometimes? Also thanks." Kisara said
"No problem." Noah said with a small smile
Kisara quickly ran to the top of the grand staircase to see Seto waiting at the bottom. "I was wondering what happened to you." he said with an eye roll
She simply shrugged as she slid down the banister to the bottom. Passing the brunette, she walked to the kitchen, also passing Azami on her way. The kitchen was occupied by two other people: Mokuba, who was sitting at a counter eating waffles, and Naomi, who was making the waffles. "Good morning." Kisara said peppily
"Kon'nichiwa." Mokuba yawned (A/N: Kon'nichiwa means 'hi')
"Geez, what is up with you and Noah this morning?" Kisara asked, snagging a few waffles
"We're tired! Also you're going to school today?" the black haired boy asked
"Yup! Seto said a change of scenery will calm my nerves." she shrugged
"It might. Are you coming with Noah and I? I'm pretty sure our school starts a bit later then the school." Mokuba said
"I dunno." was the reply.
Silence filled the kitchen as the two teens battled in an unspoken war to see who could eat the most waffles the fastest. Three minutes later, Naomi had enough. "If you two don't stop and leave some for everyone else I'm going to stuff these waffles down your throat!" Naomi snapped, pointing the frying pan at them
"Gomen'nasai!" Mokuba and Kisara shouted, dashing from the kitchen
"Ready to go?" Seto asked, startling the two children. The brunette had been leaning against the wall on his phone. "Oh, your taking me to school?" Mokuba and Kisara asked at the same time
"Just Kisara. Her classes start earlier." Seto said
"I knew it!" Mokuba said, jumping up and down
After saying goodbye, the two teens left Mokuba and Noah. Once outside, Kisara gasped in shock when she saw a motorcycle instead of a limo. "Get on." Seto smirked.
Kisara awkwardly tossed her leg over the bike and clung onto the boy in front of her. Seto snorted. "You've never been on a motorcycle before?" he asked
Before the girl could reply, her vision flashed red.
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She bounced up and down on the bike, feeling much like a sack of potatoes with her arms and legs bound. The ground was so close to her head; she didn't know how close her feet were to the racing ground, but she was hoping it wasn't close. She watched in a calm fear, blood rushing around aimlessly about her body and the fast pace of her heart pounding ruthlessly in her ears; yet she still felt eerily calm, despite knowing what would happen if her hair-which was dangerously close to the speeding back tire-would get caught up in the wheel. In her heart, she knew it would happen, and yet she felt numb. She closed her eyes in anticipation, knowing it was going to happen soon, then the motorcycle hit a bump.
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Kisara quickly raised her hand to the left side of her forehead. The hair there had taken forever to grow back, but at least it did. If she looked carefully at her scalp there, she could see the darker shade it was. "Nope." she said, her voice somehow managing to sound normal
Despite not facing her, she was sure the boy could tell it was a lie. "You won't fall off, if you're worried about that." he said with an eye roll
"Eh..." she said with a shrug, pulling her feet up. There was no more conversation between the two because the motorcycle took off like a rocket. The white haired girl let out a surprised shriek. "You could've warned me!" she shouted over the wind
"Where would the fun be in that?" was the reply.
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Fortunately for Kisara, Seto knew how to drive a motorcycle. In fact, she enjoyed it.
She turned her head to the side to watch all of the cars flash by. Her driver was going very, very fast. She didn't mind though. Kisara stuck her head out from behind Seto to see in front of her. 'Everything seems to go so fast.' she thought
Suddenly something wet splat against her cheek. She pulled back behind the brunette and shakily brought a hand to her cheek. It was a bug. She frowned and flicked it off her finger. "Ne, Seto! Don't you have the screen up?" she pouted
Stopping at a light, the boy replied to her. "Yeah, got a bug on you?" he laughed
"Yes! And it's not funny!" she pouted
"It happened to Mokuba so many times before." he said
The girl scowled and shifted a bit so she could see in front of her. "I don't see the screen." she frowned
The brunette grabbed her hand and pressed it against the clear glass. "Wow! That, it, it's really clear." she stuttered, drawing her hand back. It was slightly creepy feeling something that you couldn't see. Seto chuckled at her before telling her to pull her feet back up so he could drive.
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The ride was fantastic, except for that one time when the brunette drove through a clearly red light and almost made three cars crash. Other than that it was completely safe! It's not like they were going way past the speed limit or anything. How dare you think something like that, they were responsible children! (A/N: XD)
Seto pulled his motorcycle up into the school lot. The front of the school was full, so when Seto pulled up everyone turned and looked. "So?" Seto asked
"That was amazing! I want a motorcycle know!" Kisara squealed
"Sure. Mokuba and I will make you one." he said
Now Kisara knew Seto's rules on PDA. It went from really small things like handshakes and small hugs, to a big jump to everything dealing with sexual contact. But, Kisara was way to happy to remember this. The white haired girl tossed herself on the brunette and gave him the biggest hug ever. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" she shouted.
If Seto hadn't propped himself up with his back leg, he, Kisara, and the bike would've fell right to the concrete. "Could you make it blue and white like yours? And stars on it! Wait, no stars. Lightning bolts!" she ranted
"Yeah, you better get to class." he dead-panned
"Right! See you later!" she said, dashing off with unimaginable energy
Unfortunately, Nekoette saw the whole fiasco. Enraged, the bluenette pinned Kisara to the wall. Seto hadn't even left yet. "Oy! What do you think you're doing?" Nekoette snapped
"Nekoette!" Seto berated
The blue-haired girl turned her head behind her for a fraction of a second, but that was all Kisara needed. Kisara brought her knee up and hit Nekoette in her gut and smacked her back with her elbow. The crowd gasped. Kisara bit her lip as she looked at the other girl writhing in pain. Kisara looked up to wear Seto was but he wasn't there. 'Guess he already left.' she thought, quickly going inside the school.
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"Man Kisara! That was so cool!" Jonouchi drawled
Once Kisara got inside the building, she was mobbed by her friends. "T-Thanks." she blushed
"I didn't know you could fight! We could finally have our street gang! You, me, and Jonouchi!" Honda said
"Um, no thanks." Kisara said
"Okay... oh ya! Why were ya on money-bags motorcycle?" Jonouchi asked
"Because we are friends?" Kisara said, tilting her head to the side
Anzu coughed. "Yeah right." Anzu said quickly, under the cover of her coughs
"Anyway, we should probably get to class. The bell will ring any second now." Yugi said, saving Kisara from her friends' interrogation
"But-" Jonouchi was cut off by the bell. The group sighed. "We'll be back!" Honda said, waving to the others as he and Jonouchi left the group
"Saved by the gods." Kisara sighed, holding her hand over her heart
"You won't be so lucky later." Anzu giggled, going off to her own class
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Anzu's prediction was spot on. Jonouchi and Honda kept on persistently hounding her, not to mention Nekoette and her cronies as well. "Class dismissed." the teacher said, hearing the bell ring
In a flash, the majority of the students were out the door. Kisara quickly stuffed her books into her bag and got up. On her way to the door, a girl bumped into her, knocking her books over. Kisara fell to the floor with a thud. "Oh, my gosh! I am like, so sorry!" the girl said, holding out a hand for Kisara to take
As Kisara grabbed the girl's outstretched hand, the girl said, "Watch your back, b*."
Kisara frowned and dusted herself off as the perpetrator fled out the door with the rest of her group. 'What a load of jerks...' Kisara thought, picking up her books.
The white-haired girl strode out into the hallway with as much dignity as she had left. The halls were packed, and the group of girls who had terrorized her were no where in sight. 'Let's see... my last class is in the back hall.' Kisara thought as she checked the schedule she had taped inside her locker. Grabbing the needed books, she closed the locker shut and jogged through the halls to make it to her class on time.
'I hate this class.' Kisara thought with a pout, 'It's so far away from my locker and by the time I get there everyone else is already in the class.'
The white haired girl rounded a corner only to be slammed into the row of lockers by none other than Nekoette. "Thought you could get away, you little hoe?" the bluenette snarled
"What do you mean?" Kisara panted, her words coming out in bunches as Nekoette had her arm on her neck.
"Don't think I don't know who you are or what you used to do." Nekoette hissed
Kisara gulped. "Yeah, no one else may know but my nee-san told me what you used to do for a living. Suddenly you don't seem as innocent as you try to be, huh? I know all of your tricks, you little slut." the blue haired girl berated
Kisara winced as her head started pounding and hers eyes clouded over red. She shook her head before whispering to Nekoette, "Takes one to know one."
The white haired girl kneed Nekoette in her nether region. Though it wasn't very effective, it gave Kisara the room to elbow the bluenette in her gut and make a mad dash to her class, which was still two halls away. "A-After her!" Nekoette cried from the ground
Nekoette's cronies darted after the fleet-footed white haired girl. 'I'm not going to make it!' Kisara thought worriedly as she dashed down the corridor. Suddenly, a closet door opened up and she was yanked inside. No less than two seconds later, the group of girls pounded by. The door didn't have a window, but it did have breathing holes slanting to the ground so Kisara could see their feet rushing past her. Realizing she wasn't alone, the girl turned around to see her rescuer. "S-Shoji-kun?!" she gasped
"Close, but not quite." came a soft, British voice
"Ryou-kun!" Kisara squeaked, tackling the boy in a hug the best she could in the cramped closet, "What are you doing here?"
"Hiding from Miho-chan." he frowned
Kisara giggled. "It's not funny!" he protested
"She's a nice girl, Ryou-kun." she said
"She's a bit, clingy." he said slowly
"Ever tried telling her that?" Kisara asked
"No! Of course not! Why would I want to hurt her feelings?" he pouted
"You wouldn't be hurting her feelings! Miho-chan isn't a naturally clingy girl. It's just that Anzu-chan told me before you came Honda-kun liked her a lot, and she liked him a lot but then Honda-kun met Jonouchi-kun's sister Serenity-chan and Honda-kun liked Serenity-chan better because Honda-kun didn't know Miho-chan liked him so now she's trying to make her affection as obvious as possible." Kisara rambled
"Breath." Ryou giggled
"I am! But did my point get across?" she asked
"Yeah. I'll talk to her." he sighed
After a moment of silence, Kisara asked, "Do you do this often?"
Ryou bit his lip. "Maybe." he whispered
"Ryou-kun!" Kisara said, lightly smacking his chest, "How do you not get in trouble?"
"Um, I got a little help." he said, taking a note out of his pocket
"Lucky~!" Kisara cooed
"You can have it." Ryou said
"Nani?! But you need it! This is a one time thing." Kisara said
"No, it's alright. You can have it. I have more." Ryou said
Kisara blinked before snatching the note out of his hand. "Arigato~!" she giggled giddily
"It's no problem, Kisara-chan. You should go though, I think they'll be gone by now." Ryou said
"Ne?! You're right! I don't want to miss class!" she said opening the door, "Bye Ryou-kun! And thanks for the note!" she stage-whispered
Ryou giggled, and waved to her, a light blush tinting his cheeks. 'She smells like cinnamon and sugar~'
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As soon as the bell rang Kisara leaped out of her seat like a gazelle and was already out the classroom before anyone was in the halls. She stopped by the closet she and Ryou were hiding in and found the boy asleep in there. 'Kawaii~!' Kisara cooed in her head, snapping a quick picture with her phone. She sent it to Shoji and Miho before shaking the boy awake. "Ryou-kun, wake up! People are leaving their classes now. School's over." Kisara said
"What?! No, you bloody wanker! I don't want mmnfm..." Ryou mumbled
Kisara covered her mouth with her hands. "Ill pretend I didn't hear that." she said, yanking him out the closet. The boy woke up with a yelp as he landed on the girl. "Hello!" she giggled, helping him stand up
"Sorry!" he squeaked
"It's alright," she said, closing the closet door, "Here's your note, by the way."
"Oh, thanks! You could've kept it." he said
"No, I don't plan on coming back to school after this." she shivered
Ryou laughed. "Guess school is actually hell for you, right?"
"It's not funny!" she squeaked, smacking his arm good-naturedly
"Stop abusing me~" he pouted, holding his arm dramatically
"Stop being so adorable!" she cooed, pinching his cheeks
"Ow~! That hurts, Kisara-chan!" he whined
"You are such an adorable little baby, though! Shoji-kun is definitely the mature one." Kisara said with a nod
"You hurt my feelings comparing me to Shoji-nii-chan." he frowned, rubbing his cheeks
"Aw, I'm sorry, Ryou-kun! You are so much more lovable, though!" she said, glomping him
"Who's more lovable than who?" a deep voice said
The two white-haired teens gulped. At this moment, they had walked to the front of the school. "K-Kon'nichiwa, Shoji-kun/nii-chan." they said, bowing low
The elder looked down at the two before bursting out into laughter. "I'm just messing with you two. I'm here to pick Ryou up, but if you need a lift I can drop you off somewhere, Kisara." Shoji said
"O-Okay!" Kisara said.
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It turned out that Shoji owned a motorbike. It was a chopper. It's colors were black and silver. Shoji tossed his leg over it. "You getting on?" he chuckled, grinning at Kisara's open mouth
The girl nodded and closed her mouth before climbing on behind Ryou. "Where to?" Shoji asked Kisara
"My apartment." she said
"Got it." the eldest said, revving up the engine before taking off.
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"Thanks, Shoji-kun!" Kisara said, waving to the two boys as they drove off. The white-haired girl went into the building to see Ichikiwa at the desk. "Day shift?" she asked, surprised
"I didn't think I'd be on the day shift again, either." he sighed
Kisara plopped down across him. "What happened?" she asked
"So the guy who was supposed to have this shift had a personal emergency out of the country so he won't be here for a bit. There's another guy who was supposed to fill his shift but he had a doctor's appointment." Ichikiwa sighed, running a hand through his hair
"My poor baby~" Kisara cooed, rubbing Ichikiwa's free hand comfortingly
"Anyway, how was school?" Ichikiwa asked
"Terrible! Nekoette hounded me in between classes and before my last class she had me pinned up against the wall!" Kisara shouted
"Geez! That girl is terrible. Did Vivian's self defense classes pay off?" Ichikiwa asked
"Yes! I got away but her gang started chasing me. Thankfully Ryou-kun saved me. He was hiding from Miho-chan in a closet." she giggled
"Ryou-kun?" Ichikiwa asked
"You know, Shoji-kun's younger brother?" she said
"Right, right." he said with a nod
"Anyway, I have homework to get done. Are the girls done with my dress?" Kisara asked
"I wouldn't know. They were still in your room when I came down." he shrugged
"Oh well. Thanks, anyway." Kisara sighed, entering the elevator
"See ya later!" he waved
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"Vivy! Are you done?!" Kisara asked, pounding on her bedroom door
"No!" was the reply
Kisara opened her mouth but her head started pounding again.
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"Appwes, appwes!" a baby Kisara chanted
"Sara-chan~" a soft voice cooed. The toddler Kisara turned around to see a tall, pale skinned lady smiling at her. The lady had long white hair and was wearing a flowing summer dress but Kisara couldn't see her face. "Kaa-san!" Kisara shouted, running to the lady and hugging her legs
"Want to pick apples, Sara-chan?" the lady cooed
"Appwes! Appwes!" Kisara chanted. The lady laughed and picked Kisara up before spinning in a circle with the girl. Kisara couldn't help but laugh as the smell of apples filled her senses.
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"Kisara?"
"Y-Yeah?" the girl said, blinking fast to try and rid the red that was clouding her vision
"Go sit in the foyer and let Juniper and I move this stuff to my room." Vivian said
"G-Got it." Kisara said, hobbling over to the foyer. The girl collapsed against the door as her head pounded relentlessly. "No..." she whined weakly. Slowly the sound of Vivian and Juniper moving in the distance faded to the sounds of feet running along a carpeted floor.
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'Run, run, run.'
A small, white haired girl ran along the plush carpet. She ran in and out through the pools of moonlight that was filtering through the window. 'Don't let him find you.' she thought, turning down another hall. She pushed a door open and slammed it shut. Looking around the room, she grabbed all the things she could and dragged them to blocking the door. Once she had dragged all the chairs and small tables she could, she looked around for somewhere to hide before her eyes settled on the window.
Her small, chubby legs took her over in a jiffy and she gazed out into the rolling fields of orchards bathed in moonlight, making them look ethereal. After a few tries, the girl managed to shove the window open. She leaned out of the window to gaze at the ground far below her. Even though she was only on the second floor, to her tininess, she was much higher. Suddenly the sound of the door handle was heard. The girl gulped and gazed back down.
She had made the climb before, but only once and that was in day time and she had been climbing up, not down. The sound of the door being unlocked bounced around the quiet room. The girl watched the door as scuffling sounds were heard. Suddenly someone started knocking. "Sara-chan, open the door. I'm sorry Sara-chan. It won't happen again. I'm very sorry." came a soft, calm voice.
The girl's eyes widened in fear. Now with no doubt in her mind, she swung a leg over the window sill and lowered her self down, feeling with her bare foot to find an indent in the wall. "KISARA OPEN THE F*CKING DOOR!" the voice screamed
The girl started lowering herself down fast, but it wasn't fast enough. The door screeched open slightly, and she could see a sole, pale blue eye filled with madness boring into her. The girl never climbed so fast in her life. Halfway down a head poked out over the sill. It was a man's head, with white hair spooling around his head and pale blue eyes shone eerily at her. The girl screamed and fell the rest of the way down. Many curses fell out of the man's mouth before he turned around.
Pain was flooding through the girl, but somehow she found the strength to get up. 'Run, run, run, don't stop running.' she thought
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Kisara pulled herself to her feet and stumbled to her room only to smack into a closed door. She tried the handle only to find it locked. "Hold on, Kisara! Wait just a moment! I lost something crucial to the dress!" Vivian said
The white haired girl nodded before her the pounding in her head grew ten times worse. "Vivian open the door!" she snapped, banging hard on it
The door opened fast, making Kisara (who was leaning on it) fall onto Vivian. "Geez." Vivian snorted, stepping over Kisara and strutting to her room
Kisara sat up and pushed the door shut. She crawled to the far side of her bed and pulled a box from underneath it. In the box was a bunch of things Kisara had kept over the years and a smaller box. She took out the smaller box and climbed onto her bed before she opened it. In the smaller box was a stack of letters and a prescription pill bottle. She picked up the bottle but frowned when she saw that it was empty. She dropped it back in and gazed at the letters for a moment before shakily standing up. "I guess Advil will have to do." she sighed
When the girl came back into her room, she tossed herself onto her bed and accidentally tipped over the box. The bottle and a few letters spilled out. She mentally cursed as she tried to put the letters back in chronological order. Kisara paused when she got to the most recent letter. Hesitantly, she opened the worn envelope and took out a small folded sheet of paper.
The girl slowly unfolded the letter to reveal messy handwriting and old water marks dotted all along it. The letter only had one sentence.
Save me nee-san
'I'm sorry...' Kisara thought, hanging her head as she tried (but failed) to hold back the tears, 'But I can't go back.'
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"Kisara?" Ichikiwa whispered softly, opening the room door. He had been knocking for a while but got no answer. He opened the door to see Kisara lying on her bed, curled up in a ball. He slowly walked over and sighed when he saw what she had balled in her hand. He worked the letter out from her grasp and folded it back before placing it in the envelope. Ichikiwa put the envelope back in the small box and replaced the prescription bottle before placing the box into the bigger one. He crouched down and slid it back under Kisara's bed.
"I'll contact your oba-san." Ichikiwa whispered, patting Kisara's head before placing her under her covers.
"You're going to have a tough day in front of you, tomorrow." he said, walking to the door before stopping in the door frame, "You don't need to exhaust yourself like this."
I did it! Are you proud of me? *v* Lol jk. Sorry for not updating in forever. The next chapter will be Nekoette's party and a bit more about Kisara's past will be revealed! BTW, since I was posting more according to the seasons before and I missed like, ALL of summer I'm going to have to inform you about what season their in now.
This takes place around the end of the school year, right before summer break. Zigfried's party is after summer break while Nekoette's is before. Also!, Kisara's past will be revealed after Zigfried's party arc, which should be posted after the Nekoette party arc. Anyway don't forget to
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